Participation Guidelines:

1. Discussion Oriented: The purpose of Local Member Councils is to foster a deep discussion with members, related to the council’s product or focus area. LMCs are member-led and the content is decided, organized and driven by participating members. Each council determines its program content, guest speakers, and meeting schedule.
2. Applications: Applications are accepted twice annually, in June and December. Once a member is admitted to a council, they may remain on that LMC without re-applying if they meet the participation guidelines. Members are eligible to transfer to another LMC, on a space-available basis, after a minimum of one-year active participation with the original LMC.
3. Annual Participation Fee: LMC members pay a $250 annual participation fee, payable each year in January (the fee will be pro-rated $125 for members who join a council mid-year). The participation fee is separate and in addition to a member’s annual dues to belong to ULI. The participation fee covers expenses associated with meetings, a ticket to the annual ULI San Antonio Local Member Council IdeaFest, as well as ULI’s administrative and operational costs for supporting the program. Also included in the annual fee is professional communications training for each LMC with Chelsea Rives / Volcano Heart.
4. Attendance: The success of each LMC is dependent upon active participation and meaningful contribution by all members; hence minimum 75% attendance is required. Members who miss greater than three meetings in a 12-month period will be moved to the bottom of the priority list upon the next annual LMC roster review.
5. Membership Commitment: LMC participants must maintain a valid ULI membership in good standing. Failure to renew one’s ULI membership will result in being dropped from the LMC without refund of the annual participation fee.  Participation on an LMC requires a minimum commitment of 2 years.
6. Planning Topics and Meetings: Each LMC is encouraged to identify a minimum of 2-3 focus-topics/objectives for the year.  All members will be responsible to help curate content and organize at least one meeting during a 12-month cycle. This typically is done in collaboration with and by leveraging the expertise and contacts of other LMC members.
7. Leadership: Each LMC shall include one Chair and one co-Chair who, together, help facilitate communications, coordinating logistics, note-taking and recording take-aways for each meeting. Curating content and preparing meaningful discussion for meetings is the responsibility of group members, not solely the co-chairs.
8. Chair Term Limits: Tenure for Chair/co-Chairs is two years